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VOL. XXIII, NO. 7
Atlanta, Georgia
March 12, 1980
Anti-Draft March Gets Little Support
The Black Students’ Coalition of Atlanta sponsored a protest march on February 28,
1980, led by Robert Booker, a sophomore at Morehouse College. The small group of
marchers traveled around the entire AUC.
Mugabe Wins In Zimbabwe
By Bridgett M. Davis
On Friday, February 28, 1980,
the members of the Black
Students’ Coalition of Atlanta
(BSCA) sponsored a protest mar
ch/rally at the Russell Building at-
the corner of Mitchell and Spring
St. The turn-out, however, was
unexpectedly low. Only a few of
the BSCA members themselves
were initially present at the pre
arranged starting time of three
o’clock.
The BSCA was formulated
especially for the anti-draft
issue.Their previous par
ticipation has been much more
encouraging than the turn-out for
the march. Their first meeting
was held at Spelman on February
2nd, where at least fifty in
terested persons attended. The
second meeting, which was held
in the Manley Center’s Upper
Concource, boasted nearly 200
attendants. Rowena Saunders, a
Spelmanite, spoke out fervently
at this meeting, asking for sup
port and action. Ms. Saunders
was unfortunately, however, not
in attendance at the march. A
press conference was also held on
By Kiron Skinner
The first major steps in for
mation of a new Zimbabwe
government were completed on
Tuesday March 4, 1980. The
Registrar General Eric Pope-
Simmonds reported that Robert
Mugabe’s Zimbabwe African
National Union-Patriotic Front
Party received 62.9 percent of
the vote in the country’s election-
an absolute majority.
According to the March 4th
edition of the Atlanta Journal,
“The victory was all the more
remarkable since nine parties
contested the 80 seats reserved
for blacks.”
Mugabe stated that the new
Zimbabwe government will in
clude posts tor his chief guerrilla
rival, Joshua Nkomo, and mem
bers of the conservative white
Rhodesian Ian Smith.
Nkomo came in second with
24.1 percent of the votes and 20
seats in Parliament. Third place
Was taken by former Prime
Minister Bishop Abel Muzorewa
with 8.2 percent of the votes and
three seats. In an earlier election,
Ian Smith’s Rhodesian Front Par
ty received 20 seats in the in
dependence Parliament.
Mugabe also announced that
the white commander of
Rhodesia’s armed forces, Lt.
Gen. Peter Walls, will remain the
military chief. (Walls led the
seven year struggle against the
guerrillas) The decision to keep
Walls was made to assure
Mugabe support from the coun
try’s 30,000 man security forces.
After the election results were
made known, jubilant crowds
filled the streets and the center of
Salisbury. The army and police
were also present to secure peace
and orderly conduct amongst the
crowds. Mugabe, too, elated by
the election returns stated, “This
is a great moment.”
Inside This Issue
The Olympic Controversy Page 3
Statement oi Academic Honesty Page S
Opportunities Unlimited Page 6
Clint Deveaux and Robert Kennedy, Jr.
February 14, 1980 at Morehouse
college.
The group’s orange and black
banners read, “Stop the U.S. War
Drive”, and “No Draft No Way”.
For a while, the members patien
tly waited to recruit interested
persons from the many passer-
sbys, then the fervored cries of
one enthused young man could
be heard within the immediate
vicinity as he yelled, “Hell no!
We won’t go! Hell no! We won’t
go!!!” Eventually, the small group
of dedicated followers were led
by Robert Booker, a sophmore at
Morehouse, outward to Chestnut
Street where they began a small
yet determined procession. In an
attempt to collect more
followers as tney progresses, the
marchers traveled around the en
tire Atlanta University Center,
but few if any joined the ban
dwagon. The group was very
disappointed but not
discouraged, and as one member
stated: “There were more par
ticipants than this on the anti-
klan march, where they had to
catch buses to get to the place.
For this, they only had to walk a
few blocks.”
See STUDENT MAKCH, p. 4
Kennedy
Visits AU
By Shelia Reid
The Atlanta University Center
received direct exposure to the
nation’s current presidential
race on Thursday, March 28th.
Robert Kennedy Jr. appearing
in the Dean Sage building at
Atlanta University, spoke out on
behalf of his uncle. Second son
of the late Senator Robert
Kennedy, Robert Kennedy Jr.
is the nephew of the presidential
candidate Senator Ted Ken
nedy. His arrival was in re
sponse to a series of invitations
extended to Ted Kennedy and
all candidates from the AUC
Student Council.
Robert Kennedy Jr., who is
on leave from Virginia Uni
versity Law School gave an im
petuous speech touching on Ted
Kennedy’s efforts to improve
health care in the United States.
“With the exception of South
Africa this is the only nation
where a family has to hear their
child crying at night and sit up
wondering if it is 100, 500 or
1.000 dollars sick”, said Ken
nedy.
Another area of Kennedy’s
See KENNEDY VISITS, p. 4
